The decision to pay a year's salary to George Entwistle, who quit as BBC director general on Saturday, is criticised by senior MPs.

A draft copy of the new secondary curriculum for England, leaked to the Times Educational Supplement, has drawn criticism from experts.

A-level exams will be taken only in the summer and there will be a cap on resits, England's exams watchdog has announced.

The number of women living with lung cancer in the UK is set to rise significantly faster than the number of men with the disease over the next 30 years, experts say.

Adding "calm down" genes to hyperactive brain cells has cured rats of epilepsy for the first time, say UK researchers.

A break between the retail and investment arms of UK banks is still the best way forward, Sir John Vickers says, despite recent scandals.

A British soldier has been killed by an individual wearing an Afghan army uniform, the Ministry of Defence says.

Lawmakers in Greece approve a 2013 budget requiring fresh spending cuts, amid mass public protests across the country.